SBI PO Prelims 2018 Exam Analysis (1st July, All Slots)

The SBI PO 2018 prelims exam is scheduled today (1st July) and on 7th & 8th July. There are 3 sections in SBI PO prelims (English, Quant and Reasoning) with total marks of 100 and 20 minutes duration for each section. Here we bring to you a detailed section-wise analysis of the exam across all slots for Day 1.

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 1st July 2018 -1st Slot

The overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate. The Reasoning Section was quite time-consuming. Compared to SBI Clerk exam this year, the level of difficulty in the SBI PO Prelims 1st slot was tougher. Quantitative Aptitude turned out to be the comparatively easier one.

Order of Sections

Owing to the sectional time limits introduced in this year’s exam, the order of attempt of the sections was pre-decided and fixed. The order in which the sections had to be attempted were: English, Reasoning and finally Quantitative Aptitude.

English Language

A total of 30 questions were asked in this section and the overall difficulty level for this section was moderate. Cloze test type questions were asked in this slot.

Reading Comprehension – 5 Questions

Phrase Replacement – 8 Questions

Sentence Rearrangement – 6 Questions

Sentence Starters – 6 Questions

Connecting Sentences – 5 Questions

Reasoning

The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate. However, if we compare with the other two sections, there were few time-consuming questions. Puzzles were time-consuming. Other questions were scoring though. Following is a topic-wise breakup of the questions asked in the reasoning section.

Puzzles and Seating Arrangement – 12 Questions

Inequalities – 5 Questions

Input Output – 5 Questions

Data Sufficiency – 5 Questions

Coding Decoding – 5 Questions

Direction Sense – 2 Questions

Blood Relations – 1 Question

Quantitative Aptitude

The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate. Caselet DI, Bar Graph and Tabular DI questions were included in this slot. Following is a topic-wise break-up of the questions asked.

Data Interpretation – 15 Questions

Approximation – 5 Questions

Number Series – 5 Questions

Arithmetic Problems – 5 Questions

Quantity Related – 5 Questions

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 1st July 2018 – 2nd Slot

The overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate. The Reasoning Section was quite time-consuming.

English Language

A total of 30 questions were asked in this section and the overall difficulty level for this section was moderate. Compared to the first slot, this section was slightly easier in the second slot.

Reading Comprehension – 5 Questions

Phrase Replacement – 5 Questions

Error Detection – 5 Questions

Sentence Rearrangement – 5 Questions

Identifying Correct Sentence – 5 Questions

Fillers – 5 Questions

Quantitative Aptitude

The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate. Following is a topic-wise break-up of the questions asked.

Data Interpretation – 15 Questions

Quadratic Equation – 5 Questions

Number Series – 5 Questions

Arithmetic Problems – 5 Questions

Quantity Related Problems – 5 Questions

Reasoning

The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate. Puzzles were time-consuming. Other questions were scoring. Following is a topic-wise breakup of the questions asked in the reasoning section.

Puzzles and Seating Arrangement – 19 Questions

Coding Decoding – 6 Questions

Data Sufficiency – 5 Questions

Blood Relations – 3 Questions

Alphabet Series – 2 Questions

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 1st July 2018 – 3rd Slot

The overall difficulty level of the exam was easy to moderate.

English Language

A total of 30 questions were asked in this section and the overall difficulty level for this section was easy tomoderate. Following is a topic-wise break-up of the questions asked.

Reading Comprehension – 5 Questions

Sentence Fillers – 5 Questions

Phrase Replacement – 6 Questions

Sentence Joining – 4 Questions

Cloze Test – 6 Questions

Match Sentences (New Type*) – 4 Questions

*Sentences were divided into two halves in two columns as a,b,c in column 1 and d, e, f in column 2 and were asked to match them.

Quantitative Aptitude

The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate. Following is a topic-wise break-up of the questions asked.

Data Interpretation – 10 Questions

Data Sufficiency – 5 Questions

Approximation – 5 Questions

Missing Series – 5 Questions

Miscellaneous – 10 Questions

Reasoning

The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate. Following is a topic-wise breakup of the questions asked in the reasoning section.

Blood relations – 3 Questions

Input Output – 5 Questions

Grid AR – 6 Questions

Inequalities – 2 Questions

Linear AR – 3 Questions

Data sufficiency – 4 Questions

Linear AR – 4 Questions

Stack AR – 5 Questions

Miscellaneous – 3 Questions

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 1st July 2018 – 4th Slot

The overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate.

English Language

A total of 30 questions were asked in this section and the overall difficulty level for this section was moderate. Following is a topic-wise break-up of the questions asked.

Reading Comprehension – 5 Questions

Sentence Completion – 5 Questions

Phrase Replacement – 5 Questions

Fillers – 5 Questions

Sentence Connector – 5 Questions

Cloze Test – 5 Questions

Quantitative Aptitude

The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate. Following is a topic-wise break-up of the questions asked.

Data Interpretation – 10 Questions

Data Sufficiency – 5 Questions

Approximation – 3 Questions

Simplification – 5 Questions

Number Series – 5 Questions

Arithmetic Problems – 7 Questions

Reasoning

The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate. Puzzles were time-consuming. Box-based puzzles were included. Other questions were scoring. Following is a topic-wise breakup of the questions asked in the reasoning section.